Abstract:
Historical wrongdoing can give rise to reparative claims.1 This paper considers a prominent challenge to historical reparations from within the corrective justice paradigm. This challenge—that since we cannot be certain as to whether an injury obtains in the present day, we are uncertain whether reparations are required—is addressed by both friends and opponents of historical reparation claims. Discussing the case of American slavery, this paper aims to alleviate a few of their concerns.